Fans at Thursday's league challenge between the Kirby Trojans (Kirby, AR) and the host Mount Ida Lions (Mount Ida, AR), saw Kirby's basketball squad wallop Mount Ida by a tally of 63-29.

With the victory, Kirby improves its record to 22-7 on the campaign. The Trojans travel to Murfreesboro (Murfreesboro, AR) to confront the Rattlers in a non-league challenge on Monday, January 15. The Rattlers come into the challenge with a record of 10-6. Murfreesboro lost 61-56 in their recent league challenge against Acorn (Mena, AR)

Next up, the Lions confront the Union Christian Academy Eagles (Fort Smith, AR) in a non-league challenge, on Friday, January 12. Mount Ida will attempt to improve on its 3-9 season record. The Eagles come into the challenge with a 8-13 record after their 49-47 non-league loss to Scranton (Scranton, AR).